Shloka 3

Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship

Sanskrit

जातं माता निजोत्सङ्गे स्थितमुल्लाप्य तं पुनः ।

परिष्वजति हार्देन पुनरुल्लापयत्यथ ॥

Transliteration

jātaṃ mātā nijotsaṅge sthitam ullāpya taṃ punaḥ / pariṣvajati hārdena punar ullāpayaty atha //

Translation

When the child was born, the mother, placing him on her own lap and cooing to him again and again, embraced him with heartfelt affection, and then once more spoke playfully to him.

Word by Word

• jātam: the newborn (child)
• jātam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; used substantively ‘the newborn’

• mātā: the mother
• mātā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• nija-utsaṅge: in (her) own lap
• nija-utsaṅge: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक) + utsaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘of oneself’ + ‘lap’)

• sthitam: lying/placed
• sthitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; qualifies jātam

• ullāpya: having caressed/played with (cooed to)
• ullāpya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√lap (धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त), indeclinable verbal form; expresses prior action

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable (अव्यय), adverb (पुनरर्थे)

• pariṣvajati: embraces
• pariṣvajati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√svaj (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• hārdena: with heartfelt affection
• hārdena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hārda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; ‘with affection/heartfelt (feeling)’

• punar: again
• punar: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable (अव्यय), adverb (पुनरर्थे)

• ullāpayati: coos to / speaks endearingly
• ullāpayati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√lap (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Causative sense ‘make speak/utter endearments’ (णिजन्त-अर्थ)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable (अव्यय), discourse particle (अनन्तर/प्रसङ्गे)

Speakers

• Narrator describing the mother’s actions.

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Attachment
• Parental affection
• Observation leading to discernment

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Affection (sneha) is depicted vividly; later verses will interrogate whether affection is purely selfless or mixed with self-interest—an ethical probe into motives behind love.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Vaṃśānucarita/Ākhyāna (narrative illustration) serving dharma-upadeśa (ethical instruction) through story.

What is the esoteric significance?

The lap and repeated cooing symbolize the binding power of māyā/sneha—comforting yet potentially obscuring discernment, which the jātismara will pierce.